Anyone want to accompany me while i sleep train DD?

I am starting to sleep train 13mo DD tonight. She has been a terrible sleeper since birth and always co-slept on the boob. I had a consultation with a sleep expert today who has talked me thru a gentle process of sleep training.

I am starting tonight as DH is away for a week from next Thursday, so i want it in place for then. DH is not particularly supportive because he hates them crying (and i love it obviously ) so it would be great if there was someone who was doing theirs at the same time for a mutual support group!

Its similar to the no cry solution i think. Its very gentle. Involves a gentle bed time and then me staying next to the cot for as long as it takes for her to fall asleep. But more importantly it is no more feeding in the night or to sleep.

DD has only ever co-slept so it will be strange enough her being in a cot without anything like me leaving. i can cuddle her and rub her back and stomach, but not take her out. I can speak to her and sing soothingly (obviously hasn't heard my dreadful voice!) too.

I will put ds2 (3) to bed first about 6.30, then start dd after and then be prepared to stick at it all night. Dh will put ds1 (5) to bed when he comes in at 7.45.

Good luck!! We're on night 8 now. Wine helped me get through the first night! My DP isn't much help either, so I can sympathise. Let us know how you get on. Hopefully once tonight is out the way, you'll be over the worst.

MrsKoala - I posted on Fannys thread. This is pretty much what I did with Ds1 at the same age. It was gradual retreat really but really gradual. I stayed standing over the cot for 3 nights, leaning in, singing patting etc. Siting next to the cot (spent a few nights laying on the floor arm through the bars , first trimaster exhaustion.......) Basically my computer sleeping, non napping, ebf baby went to sleep on his own in 75 minutes. No crying. (Because I did a lot of comforting g)

I did still collecting sleep and bf from night waking though but by 15 months he was sleeping through till 4 am Good luck!

This has come at perfect timing. 12mo DS currently does go to sleep in his cot, on his own, with just me sitting on other side of the room but he’s still waking for feeds 3-4 times a night and I’m exhausted. I want this sorted by Christmas! We don’t live in UK at the moment and we’re travelling back home for Christmas and will be staying with family and it would just be amazing if we could transform him in to a great sleeper by then! Maybe DH and I could even slip out for a meal once he’s down while we have babysitters around- something we’ve only done once since he was born and it was a disaster!!!

We started doing gradual retreat back in September back when he was waking 9+ times a night and saw a massive improvement really quickly but since then we’ve sort of plateaued and I think now the only way forward it to cut the feeding through the night. Not sure how to do this, are you going completely cold turkey? I can’t imagine him getting through the night or any of us getting any sleep without feeding him at all..

Following with interest as having a terrible time with DS1's sleep. I posted about it earlier, he's only 4 months so obviously way way to young for any kind of sleep training but I'm interested to learn more about different methods so that I feel a bit less like a duck out of water if I do need to resort to something later on. Wishing you all the best of luck.

Well, as I said, gradual retreat got us to this point which was fab but we are a bit stuck here too and needing to try something else. Last night we left DS for 10 mins without going in at all when he woke up at 10.30pm and he resettled himself just as I was about to go in and he slept until 1.30am. He then woke up every 2 hours until 7am but that initial resettling all by himself without any intervention by us was amazing and I think may be key for him/us. I guess that’s technically CC so no judgement here. I’m watching him on the monitor and always listen to check that he’s not genuinely distressed and just grumpy but it does break my heart!

I learnt after a month of screaming and awake all night from birth. Implemented strict routine and he started sleeping, and sleeping through from 12 weeks. Was just amazing ge change. Did same with daughter from birth and she was a delight. Only slept in our room for a couple of weeks and no more.It will be tough as they get so used to co sleepimg and having their own way!

Kentnurse - I'm doing CC on my own, without DP's help. I've given up going to the gym 3 nights a week (my only social life!) because he wouldn't stick to the CC 'rules' and it would do DD no favours. I've gone past being pissed off with him and now I'm just proud of myself that I'm managing to do it on my own!